NVIDIA RTX A500
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The NVIDIA RTX A500 is a professional graphics card designed for use in mobile workstations and launched in 2022. Based on NVIDIA's powerful Ampere architecture, it is designed to deliver solid performance for professional applications while remaining power efficient and compact. This graphics card is aimed at users in fields such as CAD, 3D design and media production who need a reliable graphics solution on the go.
Technical data and performance of the NVIDIA RTX A500
The RTX A500 is equipped with 2048 CUDA cores, 16 ray tracing cores and 64 tensor cores, which enable basic processing of complex graphical tasks. The 4GB GDDR6 VRAM, connected via a 64-bit interface, provides enough memory and bandwidth to handle medium workloads and graphics-intensive applications. These specifications make the RTX A500 a powerful yet compact solution for professional use in mobile devices. Those who need more performance for larger workloads are probably better off with models such as the NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada or NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada. These generally offer more and newer generations of computing units and can therefore clock higher. They are also usually equipped with larger graphics memories with higher bandwidths.
Certified drivers and reliability
A key feature of the NVIDIA RTX A500 is its certified drivers, which are specially optimized for use in professional applications. These drivers ensure the necessary stability and performance for CAD programs, 3D rendering and other demanding applications. Thanks to these optimizations, the NVIDIA RTX A500 is ideally suited for reliable performance in professional environments.
High energy efficiency requires less cooling
With a TGP of around 20 to 60 watts, the NVIDIA RTX A500 is comparatively energy efficient. The NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada, for example, consumes more than twice as much energy at its peak. This low power consumption allows effective cooling even in the compact housings of ultra-mobile workstations, and helps to extend battery life. This makes the RTX A500 ideal for use in devices designed for mobility and long operating times.
Areas of use and applications
The NVIDIA RTX A500 is ideal for professional junior users who need a mobile, energy-efficient graphics card. It is ideal for tasks such as CAD design, 3D modeling and video editing. Despite its compact design, the RTX A500 offers the basic performance and stability required in professional work environments.
Core Information
GPU Name
GA107S
Model Series
NVIDIA RTX A
Release Date
22.03.2022
GPU Specifications
GPU Architecture
Ampere
Base Clock
832 MHz
Boost Clock
1537 MHz
Integrated GPU
No
MXM Module
No
Soldered
Yes
Compute Units
Render Output Units
32
Texture Mapping Units
64
Shader Units
2048
Tensor Cores
64
SM Count
16
Hardware Ray Tracing
Yes
Ray Tracing Units
16
Memory
Memory Type
GDDR6
Memory Bandwidth
112 GB/s
Memory Size
4 GB
Memory Interface
64 Bit
Shared Memory
No
Dedicated Graphics Memory
Yes
Unified Memory
No
ECC Support
No
Cache
L2 Cache
2 MB
Theoretical Performance
Pixel Fill Rate
49.18 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate
98.37 GTexel/s
FP16 Compute Performance
6.296 TFLOPS
FP16 Ratio
1:1
FP64 Compute Performance
98.37 GFLOPS
FP64 Ratio
1:64
Manufacturing
Foundry
Samsung
Process Node
8 nm
Chip Specifications
Die Area
200 mm²
Transistors
8700 Millionen
Transistor Density
43.5 M / mm²
Power Consumption
Minimum Power Consumption
20 Watt
Minimum Power Type
TGP
Maximum Power Consumption
60 Watt
Maximum Power Type
TGP
Supported Standards
DirectX
12_2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.4
CUDA
8.6
Connectivity
Host Interface
PCIe 4.0 x8
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